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28/02/2020

Consider the light beam is passed through 100 m without the liquid. Without liquid, the
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speed is c  3.8  10 m/s
l
t
The time required by the light to traverse the 100 m is determined by the formula c
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Substitute 3.8 10 m/s for c and 100 m for l.
100 m
t
3.8 108 m/s
 0.33 μs

Consider the light beam is passed through 100 m of liquid with an index of refraction
n  1.7 . With liquid, the speed is determined by the index of refraction formula.

Consider the formula to determine index of refraction.

c
n
v (1)
Where,
n is the index of refraction
v is the velocity of EM radiation in the material (m/s)

Substitute 1.7 for n in equation (1)

c
1.7 
v
c
v
1.7

The time is 1.7 times greater.

t1  1.7t
Substitute 0.33 μs for t.
t1  1.7  0.33 μs
 0.57 μs

0.33 μs
The time required by the light beam to traverse 100 m without liquid is .
0.57 μs
The time required by the light beam to traverse 100 m with liquid is .